Once again, Adams uses a shocking headline to get your attention, but what he says in the article isn't far-fetched. People are often conditioned to believe that what the media tells them is true. That is why we have to teach our children to be critical thinkers.

__________________"We will not solve the problems of the world from the level of thinking we were at when we created them" -- Einstein﻿

﻿"The fatal tendency of mankind to leave off thinking about a thing
which is no longer doubtful is the cause of half their errors" -- John Stuart Mill

Re: Parents, do your due diligence on vaccination! There are serious risks!!

Insanity!

Hogwash Alert: One Flu Shot To Protect All Humans From All Flu Strains For Ten Years?

The epitome of pseudoscientific research has just been raised a notch by influenza scientists. The claim which was recently brought to light earlier this year in lesser known publications, has now made its way to mainstream media to further infect the masses with a different brand of hogwash. According to the infinite wisdom of scientists at Oxford's Jenner Institute, they have outsmarted the flu virus with what they claim is a universal flu vaccine. One flu shot to protect all humans against all known flu strains for up to ten years.

David Mihalovic is an ND, which stands for “naturopathic doctor” or, more appropriately, “not a doctor”. According to himself he “specializes in vaccine research.” It is, however, unclear where that research is published – there are no hits on Pubmed, for instance – though he does write propaganda for the anti-vaccine website Medical Voices Vaccine Information Center. And the methodology appears to be, primarily, googling anti-vaccine sites for PRATTs. His “publication” “9 Questions That Stump Every Pro-Vaccine Advocate and Their Claims,” has subsequently made its rounds in the more unhinged parts of the loonosphere (and as a joke on the more serious ones).

David Mihalovic is an ND, which stands for “naturopathic doctor” or, more appropriately, “not a doctor”. According to himself he “specializes in vaccine research.” It is, however, unclear where that research is published – there are no hits on Pubmed, for instance – though he does write propaganda for the anti-vaccine website Medical Voices Vaccine Information Center. And the methodology appears to be, primarily, googling anti-vaccine sites for PRATTs. His “publication” “9 Questions That Stump Every Pro-Vaccine Advocate and Their Claims,” has subsequently made its rounds in the more unhinged parts of the loonosphere (and as a joke on the more serious ones).

There's a lot of information about that study on the study website: Trialspark

But you know, looking at the trial information sheet, it sure does seem like they went to a lot of trouble. Like for example, they went to the trouble of getting an ethics committee to review and approve it! What's the deal with that?? They even have a control arm. Whatever, science.

If they were serious about this, they could bypass the ethics committee and just go find a dozen kids at a birthday party somewhere and give them £5 to stick them with a needle, amirite.

CDC estimates that influenza has resulted in between 9.2 million and 60.8 million illnesses, between 140,000 and 710,000 hospitalizations and between 12,000 and 56,000 deaths annually since 2010.

This year has been very scary for everyone. Healthy children and adults are dying at an alarming rate. Question: Do they know the vaccination status of all the children who died? If they were vaccinated, then you have to ask what good did it do? Could the vaccine itself have caused complications? They say to get your flu shot even if it's not the right strain because it will lessen symptoms. It obviously didn't help in these cases (if these children were vaccinated), so it makes you wonder whether that is a truthful statement. So much of the science is unsettled.

__________________"We will not solve the problems of the world from the level of thinking we were at when we created them" -- Einstein﻿

﻿"The fatal tendency of mankind to leave off thinking about a thing
which is no longer doubtful is the cause of half their errors" -- John Stuart Mill

CDC estimates that influenza has resulted in between 9.2 million and 60.8 million illnesses, between 140,000 and 710,000 hospitalizations and between 12,000 and 56,000 deaths annually since 2010.

This year has been very scary for everyone. Healthy children and adults are dying at an alarming rate. Question: Do they know the vaccination status of all the children who died? If they were vaccinated, then you have to ask what good did it do? Could the vaccine itself have caused complications?

Well, you could, I don't know, try to sort of actually read the text or something.

Re: Parents, do your due diligence on vaccination! There are serious risks!!

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Originally Posted by peacegirl

Do they know the vaccination status of all the children who died?

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During past seasons, approximately 80% of flu-associated deaths in children have occurred in children who were not vaccinated. Based on available data, this remains true for the 2017-2018 season, as well.